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pecially good success with the Wanetta plum, a new variety that is a 

 cross between the American and Japanese. This plum is as good in 

 flavor as the California plum and is shipped into the Middle West; it is 

 also hardy and a good quantity producer. 



One exhibitor had an attractive display of 41 varieties of grapes. There 

 were 30 entries in competition for the premiums on ornamental gift 

 baskets of fruit and most excellent taste was shown in the arrangement 

 of these baskets. Another feature included in the department this year 

 was a stand where visitors, who wished, might buy small or large quan- 

 tities of Iowa fruits of the same quality as those exhibited for prizes. 

 More than 12 bushels of apples were used in making a reproduction, that 

 stood 10 feet high, of the Campanile, Iowa State College. 



E. M. Reeves, Waverly, who has been in charge of these exhibits for 

 the last 14 years, is to be congratulated on the many attractive features 

 of the department. The fruit industry in the state is growing so in im- 

 portance that more room is needed for display at the fair in order to 

 keep pace with the development throughout the state. 



There were 365 boys and girls enrolled at the boys and girls' camp 

 at the fair this year either as exhibitors or demonstrators and, together 

 with the 126 members of judging teams who occupied the camp for a 

 part of the time, they filled the two large domitories that had been pro- 

 vided by the state fair board. Aside from the baby beef-feeding contest, 

 in which there were more than 171 entries, and the pig-feeding contest 

 with 305 entries by club boys and girls, the boys' activities included team 

 judging of live stock, corn crop exhibits, spraying club work and garden 

 work. Twenty-five judging teams were entered in the live stock contest 

 and the Boone county team carried away first honors, which entitles 

 them to a free trip to the Interstate Fair at Sioux City, where they will 

 represent Iowa in competition with club teams from 12 other states, and 

 also to the International Live Stock Show at Chicago this fall. 



Girls' club work occupied a much larger place at the fair this year 

 than ever before, for in past years it has been confined almost exclusive- 

 ly to canning club work. Five divisions of work were represented this 

 year, namely, canning, clothing, food preparation for meals and arrange- 

 ment and care of girls' rooms. It will be interesting to Iowa mothers 

 to know that this new form of club work was originated in Iowa this 

 year and is proving so practical and of so much interest to girls who 

 are members of clubs that it is being copied widely in other states. The 

 greater part of the week was devoted to demonstrations by teams entered 

 for contests in the different lines of club work to the end of selecting 

 the county team of three girls making the highest score in any line of 

 club work. 



The beef cattle show at Des Moines this year was larger and better 

 than a year ago. 



There was a fine dairy cattle show at the fair this year. It was a 

 great deal larger than last year and perhaps not better in quality, but 

 there was a very good show. 



The horse show was 25 per cent larger this year than last. Last year 

 the total number of horses on exhibition was 336 head; this year it was 



